Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Why post a counter-argument with an insane wacko.

tbutkovich

Because you are a left wing radical wing nut!

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

"left wing radical wing nut!" Because I don't support a lying, adulterer conman POS?

tbutkovich

You support the Democrats and adulterer Bill Clinton, deal maker Hillary Clinton, who amassed a fortune while running the State Department, groper Cory Booker, fiction narrative maker, Diane Feinstein, woman abuser, Keith Ellison, ANTIFA supporter, George Soros and the list goes on (not enough space to put in all the names). That makes you a left wing radical wing nut “hypocrite.”

buffalo Loc: Texas

The "republicans" are just as evil! They are just the right arm of the corporate party and the dems are merely the left arm of the same corporate party.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Yep, totally insane.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

Esley these know nothing Socialist Democrats are uneducated foreigners. Just like the fake Obama with his 57 states. He was raised in Indonesia where they have 57 states.

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

It is bad bob a misled Socialest Democrat.

Another poster is badbobbie a fine Republican.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Your pretended lack of knowledge about Nordic contributions is awesome. if not pretended, you are an idiot..

Do you want to go back in time? the discovery of North America, a democratic form of government in Iceland, now the oldest Democratic nation in the world.

The construction of the first industrial factory cities in the world, invention of the first form of the compass for sea faring navigation.

Leaders in metallurgy and world wide trade, bringing vitality to the British Isles.. Created blue eyed Arabs..

Norway, the world leading producer of heavy water, made them a leading target for the German military..

Individually, the contributions that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland have made to the Internet and technology are extremely impressive.

However, combined together as a region, their achievements are nothing short of mind-blowing, and made even more notable when you consider that even with five countries, the total population only stands at 26 million.

Undoubtably, Denmark’s biggest contribution to the web has been in programming, with the creators of C++ and Ruby on Rails both hailing from its shores.

C++ was created by Bjarne Stroustrup and is the foundation for operating systems for pretty much everything including; servers, mobile phones, routers, databases, cars and airplanes. While, the open source Ruby on Rails from David Heinemeier Hansson is the foundation that Twitter, Github and Shopify have been built on.

Finland have made their own major open source contributions with the development of Linux one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration, with the author Linus Torvalds going on to develop Git. Nokia was at the forefront of technological innovation in the nineties, and they are also home to Rovio, the team behind Angry Birds, the best selling paid app of all time. Helsinki is now a hot-bed of exciting startups, with Supercell leading the charge and is increasingly staking a claim and challenging Berlin and London to being Europe’s dominant startup hub.

However, Sweden possesses a City which could arguably be considered already on a par with those two in Stockholm. Birthplace of iZettle, and Spotify, Sweden is also widely regarded as the number one game producers in the world, including Mojang, makers of Minecraft, and King.com the leaders in the social gaming space, and producers of Candy Crush. Sweden, along with Denmark, were also a prominent part of the beginning of Skype, and they also share the origins of MySQL the worlds most popular open sourced database with Finland.

In Norway, technology has been used to utilise safe drinking water, and Vosswater have established themselves as the leader in cutting-edge water innovation. Norway also gave birth to Siri, the personal assistant software developed by Dag Kittlaus, and subsequently sold to Apple in 2010 for a rumoured $200 million. The Norwegian software company Opera produce the worlds most popular cloud-assisted mobile web browser.

In terms of users to population Iceland is first globally in terms of internet users, social network users and in providing available internet access in schools, a true digital nation if ever there was one and consistently topping the polls as the country with the most internet freedom.

Natural air conditioning, 100% renewable energy and their undersea fibre optic lines have also made it a prime location for data storage, with International companies beginning to host their data there despite being thousands of miles away.

The sheer quantity and quality of technological innovation going on within these five countries deserves to be told in a dedicated manner rather than down the sidebar of another story featuring an over-hyped startup raising an obscene amount of money, which is why I am launching The Nordic Web.

The Nordic Web is a digital publication taking an in-depth look at the Nordic technology scene, with features and analysis on ideas, innovation, design and startups originating from the region.

By looking at the current innovations in the Nordics, it is possible to predict the future technological changes that will affect our day to day lives globally.

Our writers include current contributors to Wired and Forbes, and will provide the quality in-depth coverage of The Nordic technology scene that it deserves, not just for the inhabitants of the region but also for the rest of the world.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Far better and more demanding than being a right wing nut...

old marine Loc: America home of the brave

So when do you plan on moving?

tbutkovich

My apologies to “Bad Bobbie”

woodguru

Interesting, and that's all democrats huh? Part of the disconnect of this country is ignorant people who can say things like this and can't see it as it's applied to their own party.

During Obama's administration who was doing the obstruction? It wasn't dems obstructing their own party. McConnell came out from the start saying that the job of republicans was to keep Obama from being able to have any accomplishments, keep him from any successes. Anyone with a brain can figure out that a party can't obstruct government without hurting the country. Success for a president is success for the country. It was not dems that entered into a new and unprecedented level of obstruction. They turned the filibuster into something that was used for every procedural vote, prior to this the filibuster was used a handful of times a year. The GOP used it something like four hundred times in a year. They blocked every judicial nomination Obama tried to do, not for reason, just because they could.

Now we have a president and party packing courts with the worst level of partisan biased political hacks possible. This party isn't even trying to find good judges.

You need to take a look at the way red majority states are violating the constitution as far as voting, courts, election boards and rules, not to mention ludicrous gerrymandered districts.

Republicans see nothing wrong with cheating to win...

say goodbye Kavanaugh, he's toast and if he isn't he will cause major upheavals in the supreme court when dems gain control

woodguru

What is a fine republican?

tbutkovich

Another Lie by the Left Wing Radicals!

Ruth Bader Ginsburg appointment by Bill Clinton - "Approved by the Republicans with no fanfare."
Soto Mayer appointment by Barack Obama - "Approved by the Republicans with no fanfare."

Bork Appointment By Ronald Reagan "Denied;" "Ringling Brothers Circus performance by the Democrats!"
Clarence Thomas Appointment by Ronald Reagan - Sexual Allegations Overcome; "Barnum and Bailey Circus performance by the Democrats!"
Kavanaugh Projected Appointment by Trump: Animal House performance by the Democrats.

Which party is the Obstructionist Party? You make the call!